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10
Perfect
It's hockey
posted by gsize19 (MORROW, OH) Nov 6, 2010
Member since Jun 2010
3 out of 3 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Great, GREAT game!!! Especially to avid hockey fans like myself. The biggest selling point to hockey over the last few years with EA games is the EASHL. There is no competition anymore from 2K, which is disappointing, but for once, EA listened to us gamers who contribute on their forums and gave us a full hockey experience without goofy camo helmets and gloves.
The EASHL is a mode where you create a player (personally I enjoy creating myself, but other create unlikely hockey players with fake names). You can either join a team (which my team has been togther for 3 years) or you can suit up and play on the fly in Online Team Play (granted you need the online pass). Beware of glitchers, that is the only disheartening thing about the game, guys with Xx xX on either side of their name are notorius glitchers, and can score with 50% accuracy which ruins the game for some, we just avoid this players and teams.
Then there is a monthly playoff, where you can try to be one of the elite (our team is a top 100 team every month), so good luck with that, it takes time to build your player and teamwork with the other players on your team. You must know the game and your roles.
It is a great game for the hockey fan, and even the casual fan looking for fun without online, the versus mode, or BeA GM is WELL DONE!!!
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8
Very Good
pretty good
posted by baseballmv (MANHATTAN BEACH, CA) Jan 3, 2011
Member since Jan 2011
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
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10
Perfect
Caught Off Guard
posted by Seahawkboy (LUTZ, FL) Sep 9, 2010
Member since Aug 2009
5 out of 6 gamers (83%) found this review helpful
Yet, it took me only an hour to make up my mind about NHL 11. I'm keeping it. EA Sports has done something right with this version of the NHL saga. The combination of Toews on the cover (hehe), the brand new faceoff system, updated attribute areas, a much needed passing and hitting system update, the return off customized celebrations as well as minor updates in the various modes (oh and not to mention a few surprises pertaining to player types), EA has definitely delivered! This is the best game EA has brought in recent years. A must have.
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9
Excellent
Simply Said
posted by Brnhornet (ROSEVILLE, CA) Sep 10, 2010
Member since Jun 2010
7 out of 9 gamers (78%) found this review helpful
This is a good mark so far for EA, after hitting a hail mary with NCAA but fumbling Madden...sort of makes me have some hope for NBA LIVE/ELITE
Sorry to all the renters out there but I am giving Gamefly 47 bucks and keeping this copy!
I gave this rental a 9 only because EA charges you 10 bucks to play online...sorry but you have to lose a point for that!
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9
Excellent
Very, very good
posted by Bl4ck3n3d (ARMAGH, PA) Sep 9, 2010
Member since Apr 2009
5 out of 7 gamers (71%) found this review helpful
There are other features like hip checks, broken sticks, and improved face offs that make game play on the ice improved. Also graphically it is really, really nice.
The only con I have is that they have slowed down the speed of the game. It is not a major con as it allows for more time to do fancy moves but, I do miss the speed of NHL10 some. Not enough to go back to it but, enough to write about it here.
Overall a solid 9/10. Would have been a 10/10 if they didn't slow the game down on the ice.
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9
Excellent
Great improvement!
posted by GameRev4u (ALPHARETTA, GA) Sep 18, 2010
Member since Sep 2010
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
GameRev4u
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2
Really Bad
A step in the wrong direction
posted by bigweeso (MANTUA, NJ) Nov 30, 2010
Member since Feb 2008
2 out of 5 gamers (40%) found this review helpful
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10
Perfect
Better Then 10?
posted by Blahhhhhh (BUFFALO, NY) Sep 11, 2010
Member since Feb 2010
2 out of 5 gamers (40%) found this review helpful
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8
Very Good
Worth Checking out...
posted by MauiRocks (Lahaina, HI) Sep 29, 2010
Member since Mar 2004
1 out of 3 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
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1
Horrible
Fight it!
posted by pigmadic (ENGLEWOOD, CO) Apr 10, 2012
Member since Apr 2012
en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Online_pass
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8
Very Good
good ol hockey game
posted by gwalaski (MILLS, PA) Jan 4, 2012
Member since Mar 2011
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1
Horrible
NHL COPY DIDNT WORK!!!!
posted by StrongZZZ (VINTON, VA) Oct 21, 2011
Member since Oct 2011
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9
Excellent
great game!
posted by wiiwiiwii1 (OROVILLE, CA) Aug 2, 2011
Member since Nov 2010
This is the definition of awesome. great carrer, broken sticks, awesome fights, great graphics, all around great! my only two complaints are, 1 the controls seem strangely blocky and hard... 2 after the play everyone and his brother is checkin' me!
great game
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10
Perfect
Can this game get any better!!!!!
posted by rich6166 (SANFORD, NC) Jul 16, 2011
Member since Jul 2011
THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER TRY IT PLEASE.....even i don't have it.
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8
Very Good
pro and season
posted by yankees1318 (ASHBURNHAM, MA) May 31, 2011
Member since May 2011
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8
Very Good
NHL11 PS3
posted by BOSSMAN24 (VALRICO, FL) May 31, 2011
Member since May 2011
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9
Excellent
Great upgrade
posted by Machineguncam (NEWTON, NC) May 28, 2011
Member since May 2011
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9
Excellent
Great game!
posted by dolfan64 (BLOOMINGTON, IN) May 26, 2011
Member since May 2011
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9
Excellent
NHL 11
posted by zman123 (VINELAND, NJ) Apr 15, 2011
Member since Sep 2010
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8
Very Good
Solid game, no AHL bug like last year!
posted by BBruin66 (BUCKSPORT, ME) Mar 3, 2011
Member since May 2010
Needs to improve...
Commentary, same old same old
Jerseys, still no Bruins Winter classic jersey, some jerseys you need to unlock with online code.
Goalies, often will pop rebounds up over there heads and it will land on them!? I see this once a year in real hockey at most. Fix it EA.
Fighting, better, but needs to be improved to be realistic.
Stats, PC NHL used to have a feature where you could look back on any game you played that seasons and see a box score. Here you can only see the final score. No other stats at all. Player stats are totaled throughout the season though.
Trades, could be a little better done, Teams just reject trades and rarely offer alternatives. Real NHL they'd at least throw a counter offer even if it is overpriced. Bartering just doesn't happen here, all the GM will tell you is, how close you are, not what he wants from you.
Line Brawl, not really a gripe here but it would be nice to see this feature added although the league might be against it. You can nearly kill a star player with a goon, and nothing will happen. Real NHL there'd be consequences (see NYI vs PIT for an example) at least have the star players goon come out and challenge the hitter next shift, adds some depth to the game.
Menus, could be a little better organized, the color scheme makes them hard to see. Not impossible to use, but could be a little more fluid/ visually helpful.
Breakaways, non-shoot out AI breakaways are usually complete failures. The player will push the puck out in front of them as to build up speed, but often times can't catch up with it in time to make a solid deke. He'll push it to far to the side of the net, and only have space to shoot (as the D is too close to curve back to the front of the net) or sometimes he'll even push it into the goalie.
All in all rent/ buy this game if you are a hockey fan.
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10
Perfect
Great Game
posted by Legendary3 (JOHNSTOWN, NY) Feb 25, 2011
Member since Jun 2010
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3
Bad
EA online pass?
posted by panner724 (HERMINIE, PA) Feb 7, 2011
Member since Feb 2010
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10
Perfect
Not a bad game
posted by scott2005 (BEATRICE, NE) Feb 1, 2011
Member since Feb 2011
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4
Weak
Hmmmmm, this is hockey?
posted by wngdweeler (ALLEN PARK, MI) Jan 25, 2011
Member since Jan 2011
gameplay is extremely frustrating much like maddens "magnetic" style, you mysteriously lose control of your player around the puck and your teamates skate away from loose pucks and initiate no contact or offer any assistance to you. basically they just follow you and do nothing to advance the offense or defense.
because of a recurring game flaw with puck control, we actually gave up trying to play and just counted how many checks we could line up without actually getting control of the puck. we counted 7, again like maddens db's, the puck travels straight to the defense and they maintain control much better than you can. i have been playing digital hockey since the sega days and while this game is beautiful and improved over the years, this is not hockey. maybe next year?
p.s. while i could spend hours tinkering and tweaking the many sliders and levels of play, this game is unbalanced no matter what.
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10
Perfect
Coooolll
posted by CXB552 (WOODBRIDGE, VA) Dec 4, 2010
Member since Nov 2010
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